Media headlines about Liberty Global plc – Class A (NASDAQ:LILA) have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Liberty Global plc – Class A earned a news sentiment score of 0.20 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news stories about the company an impact score of 45.1416234921709 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the next few days.

Here are some of the news stories that may have impacted Accern Sentiment Analysis’s rankings:

Liberty Global plc – Class A (LILA) opened at $20.89 on Friday. Liberty Global plc – Class A has a fifty-two week low of $19.65 and a fifty-two week high of $28.11. The company has a market cap of $3,759.00, a PE ratio of -8.78 and a beta of 1.60.

Several research analysts have weighed in on the stock. HSBC raised shares of Liberty Global plc – Class A from a “reduce” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 14th. ValuEngine lowered shares of Liberty Global plc – Class A from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Friday, February 2nd. Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of Liberty Global plc – Class A from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday, January 11th. raised shares of Liberty Global plc – Class A from a “reduce” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 14th. Finally, Barclays decreased their price target on shares of Liberty Global plc – Class A from $25.00 to $24.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, October 16th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. The stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $27.19.

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About Liberty Global plc – Class A

LiLAC Group provides various broadband services over cable distribution systems, and mobile services in Chile and Puerto Rico. It offers triple-play services consisting of video, broadband Internet, and fixed-line telephony services in 34 communities within Santiago; and 42 communities outside Santiago, including Iquique, Antofagasta, Concepción, Viña del Mar, Valparaiso, and Rancagua, as well as smaller cities across Chile.